The economics of Accounting for Growth

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-173

  Pierce Brown, Rhoda ^a,b   Steele, Tony ^a,b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 13644275158     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.1999.9729576     Document Type: Article

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